General Characteristics

County (administration): Central Bohemia Region
District (town): Kladno
Cadastre: Zájezd
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 1223, 12232
Geological region: Barrandian Proterozoic; Tisá and Čistá-Jesenice massifs
Technical object: loam pit
ID : 1127

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: Open pit exposes sandy loess with rock fragments. These sediments are of Upper Pleistocene age. Within the loess buried soil can be observed. Some frost deformational structures are present.
Regional geologic unit: Bohemian Massif - superficial deposits and post-Variscian magmatites - Quaternary - Quaternary of deposition areas of Bohemian Massif
Stratigraphy: kenozoikum - kvartér
Subject: sedimentology
Geological phenomenon: deformation fabrics
Genesis: aeolian (wind activity)
Rock: loess

Territorial conservation

Level of protection: Registered interesting geological localities
Protection of a geol. phenomenon: C - Geological phenomenon is the reason for a registration in the database of CGS
Conflicts of interests: waste disposal

References

Mašek J. et al. (1990): Vysvětlivky k základní geologické mapě ČSSR l:25000, l2-232 Buštěhrad.- Ústř.úst.geol. Praha.

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Mašek Jan, 15.03.01
Updated by: Vajskebrová Markéta 13.07.21

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 1127 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-05-01]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/1127.

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